Vista Advanced Power and Network Connection

[CoCUser]

In Windows XP there was an advanced power setting that would disable the NIC
if the computer was booted up and there was no active network connection. It
was a real pain for users that didn't understand why they had no network
connection if they plugged the cable in after booting up and had no
connectivity. At least the feature could be disabled.

Is there a similar feature in Vista? I've noticed the same issue with some
of our new Vista laptops but cannot find the setting anywhere. Thanks in
advance...

 

[Jon]

In Windows XP there was an advanced power setting that would disable the
NIC if the computer was booted up and there was no active network
connection. It was a real pain for users that didn't understand why they
had no network connection if they plugged the cable in after booting up
and had no connectivity. At least the feature could be disabled.

Is there a similar feature in Vista? I've noticed the same issue with some
of our new Vista laptops but cannot find the setting anywhere. Thanks in
advance...

I' m not sure which XP setting you're referring to, but if you know a little
about WMI scripting, then you may want to take a look at
"Win32_NetworkAdapter",. which has new methods 'Enable' / 'Disable' and
property 'NetEnabled' in Vista.

 

[Jon]

... or perhaps you're referring to right-clicking the network card in Device
Manager
and choosing 'Disable', which was a way in XP of getting rid of the 'Network
is disconnected' notification message.

 

[CoCUser]

Found the setting I was looking for. Both laptops in question are Dells. The
power setting was part of the Dell Quickset utility. By default it would
disable the NW port when the laptop was on battery if there was no active
connection. Then, when the user plugged in the NW cable the port remained
inactive. Thanks for the help.